The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay -- Developer's Cut (PC, 2004)

This game is pretty good sticking to the movies, if you're into that kind of thing. I bought this game because I love the movies and Vin Diesel isn't bad either. The graphics are not state of the art, but it was made a few years ago when Windows Vista did not exist.

There is a problem with the initial game itself; it seems to be missing OpenGl v. 1.5 and a patch needed to run it. A free version of OpenGl can be found on-line by just typing it in a search engine such as google. The patch was harder to find, but that too can be found at Yahoo Games for download, but get the english version; the european version does not seem to agree with the actual game.

Also, Sierra and Vivendi Games do not have any technical support for this game because it is, once again, kind of old. So don't expect any help from the makers, but it is worth the time and money if you are willing to put up with some technical bugs. Other than that, have fun!

I don't normally like first-person-shooters. I got bored with Halo after about 10 minutes. Similar games affected me the same way. But there's something about Riddick. Maybe it's the eyeshine. Maybe it's the setting of the game. Maybe it's the versatility in the ways you can take people out. Maybe it's just because I'm a big Riddick fan (though it took me years to finally decide to get this game). I don't know. But I've only had this game about a month and I've already played it over and over and over. And lest you think I'm some adolescent male who's just into muscle-bound death machines, I'm a 36-year-old mother of 3 daughters (though Riddick is definitely one HOT muscle-bound death machine)!

Some people have complained that the game is too short. I do have to agree with that. The game needs to be longer and a little tougher to beat, though apparently the upcoming release of Dark Athena will at least solve the length issue. But all in all, I really loved this game, which is saying a lot since it's really not my usual style.

The graphics in this are sublime and the story is just as great. This is very innovative since a different approach is taken to the HUD. Instead of it always being visible and serving as encumbrance, it only appears every time you are hit and your life bars are little white boxes.

You can also go melee in this game and punch people as well as use a shiv (knife) and, it's just really cool. You have to play it to believe it. There are also special features within the game where you can listen to the director give his thoughts and views about the game and explain some of the production tasks. You also get to unlock conceptual art.

This is worth it. A great gift!

That game might be 5 years old, the graphics still kick ass and I've discovered a new type of gameplay you don't come around often (first of a knid ?) : a mix of FPS with a quest twist, add it a hand-to-hand combat with surprise punch, you got yourself a winning! The kind of game you want to take your time playing, so it won't finish too fast...

one of the best if not thee best first person shooter i have ever played , not to mention it had the greates graffix around for a game of its year.